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Clients say the darnest things…(or funny sayings on the job)
- Thread starter Bendroctanus
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Suuz
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- The Netherlands
Every now and then a passerby who has been watching from a distance is apparently surprised when they come closer: "You are... a girl?!
A little while ago I was trimming some Carpinus betulus fastigiata using an electrical trimmer on a telescope pole.
A man watch me and the crew work, then walked over to me and said:"that ain't no work for a girl". And I replied: "well, look again. I think I'm doing a pretty good job."
A little while ago I was trimming some Carpinus betulus fastigiata using an electrical trimmer on a telescope pole.
A man watch me and the crew work, then walked over to me and said:"that ain't no work for a girl". And I replied: "well, look again. I think I'm doing a pretty good job."
Matias
Been here much more than a while
- Location
- Butte County
That's an awesome response on your part
All in time…one day someone will say, “that ain’t no work for a human.”
A while back I was walking with a widowed client with a large property and a late husband who was all about birds and nature. She reluctantly agreed for me to dismantle a 6 headed Elm that had died so many years ago I could have built a hang glider out of the bark plates coming off the trunk, which displayed a moist inclusion that boggled my brain as to how it hadn’t failed decades ago.
The targets below were unreal. I pointed out the main entrance road, the horse barn, hay feeder and water tub, the uninsulated utilities BEFORE the step down transformer feeding all the buildings on the property…never mind the seemingly countless perfectly structured trees now growing up to take Elmer’s place.
When the day of service came, I was preparing to head up and she asked me, “do you think it will come back?” This taught me so much about how strong emotions and sentiment come into play and affect decision making for something so drastic and seemingly obvious.
My response was long and sort of meandering, but described the cycle of all the nature around her and how the tree has already “come back” in more ways imaginable. That seemed to help massage that morning’s activities.
The targets below were unreal. I pointed out the main entrance road, the horse barn, hay feeder and water tub, the uninsulated utilities BEFORE the step down transformer feeding all the buildings on the property…never mind the seemingly countless perfectly structured trees now growing up to take Elmer’s place.
When the day of service came, I was preparing to head up and she asked me, “do you think it will come back?” This taught me so much about how strong emotions and sentiment come into play and affect decision making for something so drastic and seemingly obvious.
My response was long and sort of meandering, but described the cycle of all the nature around her and how the tree has already “come back” in more ways imaginable. That seemed to help massage that morning’s activities.
I always choose the clients I want. Not he other way around. I refuse jobs regularly.
A while back I gave a guy a day-rate for a ton of cutting and chipping. The potential customer commented back "I can hire a lawyer at a lower hourly rate than that!"
I didn't say it to him, but I thought to myself "Maybe so, but will that lawyer drive up a mountain with a $65k chipper to get to your house, then run chainsaws and chip whole trees all day to maintain your rapidly filling-in water view?"
I'd worked for him a number of times in the past, but I won't work for him anymore. Next.
I didn't say it to him, but I thought to myself "Maybe so, but will that lawyer drive up a mountain with a $65k chipper to get to your house, then run chainsaws and chip whole trees all day to maintain your rapidly filling-in water view?"
I'd worked for him a number of times in the past, but I won't work for him anymore. Next.
My brother and I have always asked “how’s it go?” immediately after either of us makes any kind of sound effect. We’ve done it forever and the rule is you have to answer with the sound effect again as many times as asked “how’s it go?” We usually stop by 3 sound effect repeats.
So that’s kinda funny in itself, but one day we’re tied in with comms while I’m 60’ up and he’s on the ground talking to the client about an couple year old stump. She asks, “Do you guys normally dig these out or do you have the machine that goes bbbrrrwwwaaaghgmmp?” Out of pure instinct my brother asks her, “How’d that go?” I was already starting to laugh, then without even missing a beat she says “you heard me!” At this point I was lucky to be tied in because I would have fallen out of that tree.
Since then we often imitate her voice and her words. So funny.
So that’s kinda funny in itself, but one day we’re tied in with comms while I’m 60’ up and he’s on the ground talking to the client about an couple year old stump. She asks, “Do you guys normally dig these out or do you have the machine that goes bbbrrrwwwaaaghgmmp?” Out of pure instinct my brother asks her, “How’d that go?” I was already starting to laugh, then without even missing a beat she says “you heard me!” At this point I was lucky to be tied in because I would have fallen out of that tree.
Since then we often imitate her voice and her words. So funny.
